Educational Practice That Shapes Intelligence Development

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue examines how educational practices, from instructional design to classroom environments, influence intellectual and cognitive development across diverse educational contexts. Moving beyond traditional psychometric approaches, we invite research that illuminates the dynamic interplay between pedagogy and the development of intelligence (e.g., cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, social intelligence, and academic intelligence), creativity, problem-solving skills, and domain-specific competencies.

The study of intelligence is inherently multidisciplinary in nature; therefore, this Special Issue welcomes contributions from researchers in fields as diverse as science education, educational psychology, developmental psychology, and psychosociology alike. Moreover, we particularly seek research that employs diverse methodological perspectives, including longitudinal intervention studies, quasi-experimental classroom research, educational neuroscience (fNIRS, EEG, fMRI, and cognitive-developmental approaches. We will also consider systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses (but only a limited number). We generally discourage submissions of studies with low-powered analytical methods, with exceptions.

Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

1. Cognitive mechanisms underlying educational effects on intelligence;
2. Domain-general vs. domain-specific contributions to intelligence growth;
3. Longitudinal and developmental perspectives;
4. Educational inequality and intelligence development;
5. Evidence-based educational interventions targeting intelligence;
6. Neuroscientific and biological perspectives;
7. Motivation, personality, and intelligence development;
8. Technology-enhanced learning and cognitive development.

We particularly encourage studies examining mechanisms underlying educational effects, individual differences in responsiveness to instructional approaches, and ecological validity in real-world educational settings. Therefore, contributions bridging educational science, cognitive science, developmental psychology, and offering actionable actions for educational practice are especially sought.

We look forward to your contributions.

Dr. Dong Yang
Prof. Dr. Peng Chen
Dr. Chaoyi Wang
Guest Editors

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